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Bruins forward takes no joy in breaking scoring slump in frustrating loss
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Marco Sturm shook up his lines and shook Morgan Geekie out of his scoring slump.
The Bruins coach reunited the forward with David Pastrnak and Elias Lindholm on the first line and Geekie responded in a big way.
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Geekie scored back to back goals late in the first period and then completed his second career hat trick late in the second period.
“He was good. I think the whole bench was just happy that he scored,” Sturm said. “Hopefully that helps him going forward.”
Pastrnak, who set up two of Geekie’s three goals, agreed.
“It’s awesome. He’s a heckuva shooter and player for us,” he said. “It’s good he got the goals.”
Geekie said it was hard to be excited after losing the game.
“It’s nice. But on days like today it doesn’t really mean anything,” he said. “Losses like that are tough to swallow.”
RARE GOALIE CHANGE— Bruins coach Marco Sturm hasn’t yanked his goalie many times in his first season behind the bench. Tuesday marked just the fourth time this season he’s done it for hockey reasons. Korpisalo has replaced Swayman three times, while Swayman came in for Korpisalo once.
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“I felt like it wasn’t (Swayman’s) night,” Sturm said. “I wanted to spark something.”
MILESTONES— Pavel Zacha reached 30 goals for the first time in his career.
Pastrnak’s 70 assists are a career high and have him fourth in the NHL.
Geekie’s three goals gave him 37 goals and an outside shot at 40 with three games left. He needs one point to reach 100 for the fourth straight season.
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